Sports briefs — Jan. 9, 2019

The 26th-annual Polar Bear Championship golf tournament is set for Friday-Sunday, Jan. 25-27, at The Cedars at Dungeness golf course, 1965 Woodcock Road.

Format is 36-hole individual stroke play with one pro and three amateur divisions. Cost is $160 per person and includes three rounds of golf plus a practice round on Jan. 25, range balls, tee prize, green fees, lunch on Jan. 27 and a chance at $5,000 in prizes.

PGA professionals or apprentices in good standing, as well as amateurs with valid USGA index of 27.0 or lower, are eligible.

Sign up by Jan. 18. Call 360-683-6344.

Time to report crab catches

With all Puget Sound marine areas now closed to recreational crab fishing, sport crabbers will have through Feb. 1 to report their results for the winter season.

State fishing rules require that all sport crabbers licensed to fish for Dungeness crab in the Sound report the results on their winter Catch Record Card to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

“The reports are essential to managing this important fishery,” state shellfish biologist Don Velasquez said. “They are required for all crabbers with a winter crab Catch Record Card, whether or not they caught any crab during the winter season.”

Sport crabbers who fail to submit a winter catch report may receive a $10 fine when they purchase their 2019 crab endorsement.

The department’s online reporting system is available through Feb. 1 at fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov. Crabbers also may send their catch record cards to WDFW by mail to: WDFW CRC Unit, PO Box 43142, Olympia, WA 98504-3142.